The Correct Use of Soap

The Correct Use of Soap is the third studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It contains some of Magazine's best-known and most popular songs, including the singles "A Song from Under the Floorboards" and "Sweetheart Contract" and their cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". A different version of the album, entitled An Alternative Use of Soap, was released in Canada in 1980 by then-distributor Polygram Records.

The Correct Use of Soap
Studio album by
Magazine
ReleasedMay 1980 (1980-05)
Recorded1980
GenrePost-punk
Length40:05
LabelVirgin
ProducerMartin Hannett
Magazine chronology
Secondhand Daylight
(1979)		 The Correct Use of Soap
(1980)		 Play
(1980)
Singles from The Correct Use of Soap
  1. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" b/w "Twenty Years Ago"
    Released: January 1980
  2. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" b/w "The Book"
    Released: March 1980
  3. "Sweetheart Contract" b/w "Feed the Enemy (Live)", "Twenty Years Ago (Live)", "Shot by Both Sides (Live)"
    Released: July 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Irish Times
Q
Record Mirror
Smash Hits5/10
Stylus MagazineA
Uncut

It was Magazine's last album with original guitarist John McGeoch, who left the band after the release of the album and joined Siouxsie and the Banshees.

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